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Apparently an American city of 100,000 people has: 9 Starbucks and 4 Dunkin’s 6 McDonalds, 3 Burger Kings and 3 Wendy’s 4 Taco Bells and 2 Chipotles 9 Subways

Apparently an American city of 100,000 people has: 9 Starbucks and 4 Dunkin’s 6 McDonalds, 3 Burger Kings and 3 Wendy’s 4 Taco Bells and 2 Chipotles 9 Subways 3 Dominos and 2.5 Chick-Fil-A’s

amarcheschi 1y ago
The Italian city where I live (~100k) has 4 McDonald's, no burger kings (there was one, it closed years ago) and that's quite it in terms of fast food. Now that I think of it, there's a subway. It must be for tourists because I've never heard about any local eating there
lordnacho 1y ago
How is this possible? There's about 25 restaurants that serve 100k people, so 4k people each? Can you really run a restaurant with a 4k catchment? What proportion of people are eating out each day?
- AStonesThrow 1y ago
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- yupitsme123 1y ago
  You're right. The numbers seem way too high. Nine Starbucks?? Not to mention that these are only the fast food spots. In total there are 300+ restaurants. I'm guessing that high density cities skewed the numbers way too high.
  - topkai22 1y ago
    I suspect they are a bit high, but not insanely so. The author is using city limits rather than metro area it appears, so there is going to be some draw in from the suburbs. 100k/305 residents= 325 people/restaurant. Average per capita spending on food away from home is $4500. That means that each restaurant has $1,475,000 of addressable market on average, which seems totally viable? (https://www.michiganfarmnews.com/boom-in-spending-at-restaurants-drives-record-us-food-expenditures https://www.michiganfarmnews.com/boom-in-spending-at-restaur...)
  - pixl97 1y ago
    Quite often you see the mini-starbucks in areas like malls or other large retail stores instead of stand alone buildings. In the town of 125k I used to live in there was a SB inside a bookstore, inside the mail, and a standalone building within 1000 meters of each other.

Apparently an American city of 100,000 people has: 9 Starbucks and 4 Dunkin’s 6 McDonalds, 3 Burger Kings and 3 Wendy’s 4 Taco Bells and 2 Chipotles 9 Subways 3 Dominos and 2.5 Chick-Fil-A’s

amarcheschi 1y ago

The Italian city where I live (~100k) has 4 McDonald's, no burger kings (there was one, it closed years ago) and that's quite it in terms of fast food. Now that I think of it, there's a subway. It must be for tourists because I've never heard about any local eating there

lordnacho 1y ago

How is this possible? There's about 25 restaurants that serve 100k people, so 4k people each? Can you really run a restaurant with a 4k catchment? What proportion of people are eating out each day?

AStonesThrow 1y ago
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yupitsme123 1y ago
You're right. The numbers seem way too high. Nine Starbucks?? Not to mention that these are only the fast food spots. In total there are 300+ restaurants. I'm guessing that high density cities skewed the numbers way too high.
- topkai22 1y ago
  I suspect they are a bit high, but not insanely so. The author is using city limits rather than metro area it appears, so there is going to be some draw in from the suburbs. 100k/305 residents= 325 people/restaurant. Average per capita spending on food away from home is $4500. That means that each restaurant has $1,475,000 of addressable market on average, which seems totally viable? (https://www.michiganfarmnews.com/boom-in-spending-at-restaurants-drives-record-us-food-expenditures https://www.michiganfarmnews.com/boom-in-spending-at-restaur...)
- pixl97 1y ago
  Quite often you see the mini-starbucks in areas like malls or other large retail stores instead of stand alone buildings. In the town of 125k I used to live in there was a SB inside a bookstore, inside the mail, and a standalone building within 1000 meters of each other.